#receive the prize

[a-godman]

Run the Christian Race as Contenders to Finish our Course and Receive the Prize

 We must run the Christian race as contenders, athletes, until we finish our course and receive Christ as the crown as a reward; we need to fully accomplish our ministry in the unique ministry of God’s economy. Amen! Thank the Lord for bringing us into this wonderful race, the Christian race, where we need to run with endurance until we receive the prize! Amen! On the one hand, we believers in…

[flufflecat]

My eyeball bill won best crafted!!!!!!

[deathflare]

erenville minion 🥳🤩

[c-hrona]

milly x Meryl mistletoe kiss 4 except Meryl is kissing a super blushed milly

:3c (requests closed)

[p21blackandgold]

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[shattered-earth]

Did you know i've entered like every shining nikki art contest for the fun of it LOL

[protoindoeuropean]

Knjigobube (from knjiga ‘a book’ + buba ‘a pupa’; I’d translate it as “bookbuds”) was [RIP Epta] a children’s book reading program where after reading a book, you would create some art on a page spread inside the provided drawing book, based on what you’ve read of course. Parents and children were supposed to create it together. (The drawing book itself contained suggestions: what to draw, which techniques to use and what kind of materials, which part the parent should do and which part the child etc.)

Anyway, these are some of mine 😌

[localguy2]

Might be a bit of a weird thing but I want to see Kai's sudden anger sprouts or emotional outbreaks to come back, or basically some aspects of pre S8 Kai.

I want to see Kai motherfucking smith be mad at anyone really.

The Merge just happened and fuck me his family is scattered again, they're probably just as worried and confused and scared as him and he's sick of everyone he cares about getting constantly in danger, intentionally or not.

And then he meets Lloyd, or Nya, and he's sorta relieved but at the same time, the others are still missing out there somewhere.

So he gets clingy onto them, "if I can't find the rest I have to keep the ones I have close me to safe."

Of course this comes from worrying over the others and their safety, and if the name "Imperium" and if their nindroids and Vehicles and genrals are anything to go off of, they're an absolute force to be wrecked with.

Doesn't help either that there's the responsibility now of ensuring Sora and Arin (and Riyu) are safe as well.

And the moment I want to see him have an anger or emotional outburst is in a scenario where Nya makes a one off comment about Kai being overbearing and protective of them.

And Kai just snaps at Nya.

He goes on a large fucking tangent about how he's always had to stay calm in clearly shitty situations, because they as a group just keep getting separated time and time and time again, danger around the corner at any given moment and he's tired of it.

And it would especially hurt him that the comment comes from Nya out of all people, because not too long ago she was still one with the sea, he had to sacrifice his entire childhood just to raise and protect her, and he knows to respect her boundaries and beliefs but in his mind the last time he went too soft it ended up with her sacrificing herself for them.

And he doesn't want to go soft nor can he because at any given moment, one of them could give their entire being just to save the others, and he's seen it way too many times, so he just can't.

[cookinary]

Today I bring you a Venigni story in three pictures, starting with this little one I drew in class

And some bonusnignis because why tf not

[wiirocku]

Philippians 3:14 (NLT) - I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

[blessedarethequeer]

I don't think I will ever fully understand other Christians who force such a distorted, corrupted image of God down others' throats while threatening hellfire and pain should we vomit out the poison they scatter

if your God is a God who demands unquestioning obedience and calls you to build walls that separate and isolate you from empathy/love/solidarity with others who aren't like you, while the alternative being nothing but eternal punishment, that's not a Savior, that's an abuser and a tyrant

and abusers and tyrants are far from being worthy of worship.

[knittinginbinary]

Okay, I still haven't written alt text for these, but I realized how close Desert Bus 2024, so here's some photos.

[snakeguy999]

Today is the day that the contest ended and I am very happy to announce the winners! It was difficult, as all the works were so beautiful, but I believe these three in particular were most impressive in terms of message. Thank you so much for participating!

*drumroll* And the winners are...

1. @lovinsky ! This piece has been on my mind since I first saw it when it left me speechless...The ammount of detail is mesmerising! Wow! ^_^

2. @nyaramitan3 ! So so so beautiful...your use of the missing texture here is amazing and the movement is dynamic and unstable...very unsettling and fitting! : 3

3. @moonami the composition here is very striking and the colours create a disheartening atmosphere fit for OFF! : D

[softest-butch]

butternut squash on the butternut squash blanket (my mum got it printed for us)

[cruyffista]

[ongreenergrasses]

The oh you know tag….. it’s Finnick isn’t it

i am as transparent as a pane of window glass